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[Some people went their entire lives without ever discovering what path they wanted to walk. They cultivated in a muddle, piling up layer upon layer of Cultivation, yet in a real fight, they could never match those whose Dao Hearts were firm.]

[Dao Source Power was the wellspring of a Dao Heart's energy. Only those who had found their Dao Hearts could possess it, and the stronger the Dao Heart, the stronger the Dao Source Power.]

Li Zi trembled all over. Cold sweat drenched her, leaving her looking as though she had just been hauled out of a lake.

[If their Dao Source Power vanished, then all those years of Cultivation... would vanish too?]

[As their Dao Source Power disappeared, they would gradually forget why they cultivated and why they lived. Then they would lose the will to survive, and their lives would wither away. That was the price of forcing the Secret Realm open this time.]

Li Zi lay flat on the ground, staring at the seven-colored auspicious clouds in the sky as she gulped down air.

This was the first time she had faced so many sacrifices.

And all of it had been to open a Secret Realm for them.

Why?

Was a gateway to a Secret Realm worth the lives of Integration Stage and Mahayana Stage experts?

The System said, "[These experts had fairly ordinary aptitudes. They only reached their current Cultivation by grinding away for years. After discussing it, they decided to give you young people a chance. Host, pull yourself together as soon as you can. Don't dwell on it.]"

The disciples of the two Lineages had known about this for some time.

They did not linger. After greeting the Sect disciples, they went their separate ways.

Their elder brothers in